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origins of anti-semitism [Both ] New Yorkers listen intently as David Irving speaks in Manhattan, July 16, 2008 [ source ] Report back from Anti-Racist Action on David Irving NYC Event Friday, July 18 2008 Contributed by: Anonymous Views: 510 David Irving comments: AN INTERESTING document, as it inadvertently displays the mindset and methods of this front organisation of Abe Foxman’s Anti-Defamation League , itself a front organisation for, uh, others.

Not much willingness to debate is evident here. Just mindless violence, ignorance and bigotry. Put them in Brown shirts and armbands, and they would qualify well for Ernst Röhm’s SA. Abraham Foxman , chief of the ADL: salary $500,000 a year INITIALLY canceled at its original venue due to a phone jam initiated by Anti-Racist Action, Holocaust revisionist David Irving was able to dupe yet another New York City venue into hosting his hateful speaking tour.

However, thanks to the great investigative work of members of Anti-Racist Action and our friends, we were able to properly greet David Irving and his fascist guests when they arrived at their back-up location – St. Stephen of Hungary Parish, 414 East 82nd. Even with only about 10 hours notice, ARA was able to pull together a counter-demonstrati on outside the church and expose David Irving for the fascist, hateful neo-Nazi scumbag that he is.

Early Wednesday morning, Irving had announced that he would be speaking at Primavera Restaurant, 1578 1st Ave. Calls to the restaurant resulted in ARA realizing that Irving was just using Primavera as a meet-up location, and that the restaurant was not complicit in booking the Holocaust denier. Arriving outside Primavera Restaurant at 6:30pm, we immediately noticed two people redirecting people from the restaurant to a location down the street.

Not being very bright, these two Irving supporters were more then happy to inform ARA members w[h]ere the talk was actually happening. We proceeded down the block to St Stephen of Hungary Parish, but not before confronting the redirect people – taking their clipboard and fliers, and chasing them away from outside of the restaurant. With that taken care of, we then concentrated our efforts on the church.

Immediately upon arriving at the church, we took down the signs outside announcing Irving’s lecture, closed the doors and positioned ourselves in front of the entrance. As the first people began to arrive, we informed them that the David Irving event had been canceled. Some people tried to force their way past us, all with no results. One person – so angered by our presence – resorted to pushing and shoving and typical neo-Nazi insults – “communist,” “homosexual” and so on.

He even (tried) to grab at the camera we were using to take the picture of every person entering the event, and when that did not work, he (tried) spitting on him. Soon after, the NYPD arrived and our fun was over the moment. We were pushed across the street from the church, and when we did not acquiesce quick enough, some officers began grabbing at ARA members and surrounding them with numerous officers.

Once across the street, we took the opportunity to inform neighbors and passer-bys just what was going on at the church. We passed out hundreds of fliers, and talked to many, many people. Community members were outraged that a neo-Nazi was speaking in their neighborhood, and even angrier that St. Stephen’s Parish had afforded such a notorious fascist a public platform.

New Yorkers of all races crowd round David Irving during an interval in his talk in Manhattan, July 16, 2008 As David Irving’s event came to a close, the counter-protest got loud again. Chant of “Nazis out! Nazis out! This is our community!” and “Death, death, death to the fascists! Power, power, power to the people” could be heard echoing throughout this Upper Eastside neighborhood. All in all, it was a good night.

While we did not succeed in stopping David Irving from speaking in Manhattan, we were successful in presenting strong opposition to the event, and sending a clear message that Holocaust deniers and neo-Nazis are not welcome in NYC. We were also successful in alerting the neighborhood about the event and about the fact that a local church – even after being told who was actually speaking – continued to provide a public platform for fascism. We’re still wondering why St.

Stephen of Hungary Parish allowed this event at their church. We understand they were most likely duped into booking David Irving, but why did they choose to continue to give him a platform to spew his anti-semitic and racist filth once they realized exactly who was speaking and what kind of crowd he attracted? Do they really want to be associated with such things? If you’re still as curious as we are, we suggest contacting St. Stephen’s directly and finding out: St.

Stephen of Hungary Parish 414 East 82nd Street, New York NY 10028-6056 Telephone: 212-861-8500 Fax: 212-535-9221 Email: info@saintstephenof hungary.org Also, feel free to give David Irving a call directly on his cell phone and tell him what you think of him. Hear David Irving speak in England and the United States this year. Get his books at special prices, too. Apply by clicking on this link.

David Irving, a Radical’s Diary: He speaks in Manhattan and Washington , and a journalist called Blumenthal interviews him on film: YouTube version | Blumenthal writes on Huffington Post